Popular
WordNet
adjective
(1) (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)
(2) Representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large
"Democratic art forms"
"A democratic or popular movement"
"Popular thought"
"Popular science"
"Popular fiction"
(3) Carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large
"The popular vote"
"Popular representation"
"Institutions of popular government"
(4) Regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public
"A popular tourist attraction"
"A popular girl"
"Cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
popularis, from : compare French populaire. See people
Adjective
- Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections.
- popular states - Francis Bacon
- So the popular vote inclines. - John Milton
- The commonly held in popular estimation are greatest at a distance. - John Henry Newman
- Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain.
- Homilies are plain popular instructions. - Richard Hooker
- Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable by the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary; inferior; as, popular prices; popular amusements.
- The smallest figs, called popular figs, . . . are, of all others, the basest and of least account. - Holland?.
- Beloved or approved by the people; pleasing to people in general, or to many people; as, a popular preacher; a popular law; a popular administration.
- Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace.
- Such popular humanity is treason. - Joseph Addison
- Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease. - Samuel Johnson
Adjective
- popular (of the people)
- popular (well-liked)